Why would Benji listen to classical music while playing Halo? I'd expect him to listen to the game's sounds.
Well, I know the answer. They wanted to establish that he loved classical music so him travelling to go to the opera would be more believable. They also wanted to have Halo 5 as product placement, so they killed two birds with one stone.
I'm not so sure he did listen to classical music while playing Halo. The score begins already when Ethan switched off his laptop in Paris and later the camera zoomed in on Benji with a headset on, and when he saw the postman he took them off and the music stopped. It could of course be to establish that he loved classical music, due to the storyline. But it could also just be the score and Benji was listening to the game’s sound.
The product placement didn't bother me the slightest in this movie, there are far worse examples. Fincher is a man who really loves this, and it can really be annoying at times. I was actually relieved that they used DELL instead of Apple, which is in every other movie out there. That is annoying.
It didn't really bother me, either, it was just really obvious, as we didn't need to see the cover.
I don't think the classical music makes sense / works in the Benji scene if it's only used as a score. Just because the music started before the scene doesn't really mean anything, as it's a pretty basic editing technique. I think we're supposed to get into Benji's head in the scene and hear what he's hearing.
You're absolutely right, just because the music started before the scene doesn't mean anything, it's a pretty basic editing technique with overlaps between scenes. But I spoke to a friend of mine yesterday (he's a bit of a computer geek) and he said, well this is his thoughts;
Benji was playing Halo 5 and since #5 wasn't released until 3 months after the movie premiered, in other words, it was a bootlegged copy and I think that's what they wanted to focus on when they zoomed in the cover, while at the same time advertising. But I also agree with you about by choosing the classical theme, in that way they tied it together with the opera tickets.
Benji was playing Halo 5 and since #5 wasn't released until 3 months after the movie premiered, in other words, it was a bootlegged copy and I think that's what they wanted to focus on when they zoomed in the cover, while at the same time advertising.
Sorry for the late reply. Considering that people are going to be watching this film for decades to come, I doubt the filmmakers would make a plot point about a video game being played three months before its release.
I don't mind product placement as long as it doesn't interfers with the story or characters. In fact I hate it if movies try too hard to not mention any brand or when they are using names of fake brands and companies. It requires you to suspend some disbelief on things that really shouldn't matter. See, if they show someone doing an onlines search, the default would be to show them using google. If they use anything else, it better had a reason, for example a tech savvy anti-globalization activist would probably use something like Startpage.
I don't mind product placement as long as it doesn't interfers with the story or characters. In fact I hate it if movies try too hard to not mention any brand or when they are using names of fake brands and companies. It requires you to suspend some disbelief on things that really shouldn't matter. See, if they show someone doing an onlines search, the default would be to show them using google.
Ha ha! Look like the stores where you used to buy paint in cans, but also reminds me of some of the shops behind the Iron Curtain, or the stores we shopped in East Germany, just passing by during the holidays when I was a kid. I was terrified!
Like I've already said in this thread, the product placements in this serves the story, not too little, not too much.
But Emilio Estevez, where did he go? I miss him. Had a teenage crush on him in Stakeout. But he's obviously up to direct The Public, I like the plot summary. But I will check out Repo Man, seems like a good one and with Harry Dean Stanton, one of my favorite actors. Thanks for the tip!
I think the most ridiculous part of that scene is Benji attempting to hide the fact that he's playing Halo when his desk is out in the open and he has a three monitor setup in full view of anyone to his side or directly behind him even on the other side of the floor.
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